EP0162329B1 - Surgical drape with arm board cover - Google Patents

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EP0162329B1
EP0162329B1 EP85105080A EP85105080A EP0162329B1 EP 0162329 B1 EP0162329 B1 EP 0162329B1 EP 85105080 A EP85105080 A EP 85105080A EP 85105080 A EP85105080 A EP 85105080A EP 0162329 B1 EP0162329 B1 EP 0162329B1
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Henrietta Krzewinski Morris
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  • the present invention relates to a surgical drape comprising, when in a flat position, a generally rectangular body portion and a one-piece arm board portion extending laterally therefrom.
  • the surgical drape shown in U.S.-A 3 856 005 is a laparotomy sheet with an upper, T-shaped portion to cover the arms of a patient.
  • the gusset is made of additional drape material, and it enables the peripheral edge of the wing or arm sections to hang substantially vertically downward over the edge of the operating room table when the drape is in use.
  • the drape shown in U.S.-A 3 856 006 consists of a main body to cover the torso of the patient and the patient's legs and a T-shaped portion which will cover the arm board of the operating room table and the arms of the patient.
  • the arm boards have flaps attached to the lower edge of the T-shaped portion or wing portion of the drape to allow this portion to hang down over the edge of the arm board when the drape is in use.
  • the drapes of the prior art provide an improved coverage of the arms of a patient, they suffer from certain difficulties.
  • the drapes require multiple manufacturing steps to secure the extra material in the proper location, and the construction of the drapes also results in an exposed seam between the added pieces of material on the main body of the drape.
  • the exposed seam could provide a possible path for the passage of bacteria through any opening in the seam, and the seams were the weakest point in the drape construction.
  • Object of the present invention is an improvement of the above mentioned surgical drape in such a manner that the one-piece arm board portion of the drape can be attached to the main portion of the drape along a single seam, which is in a position away from a point in which an operating room staff member could tear the seam during the surgical procedure.
  • a further object of the invention is an improvement by which the drape can be readily assembled from two pieces of non woven fabric or other material and secured along a single continous seam.
  • a still further object of the present invention is a provision of a drape with integral leg coverings requiring during their manufacturing a minimum of manipulative steps with optimum use of fabric.
  • a surgical drape according to claim 1 is provided.
  • a fenestration can be provided in the body portion of the drape.
  • the body portion may include a leg-covering element on each of the side edges of the drape, each of said leg-covering elements comprising a first part integral with the body portion and triangular in shape and a second part integral with said first part and connected thereto along a fold line which is at 45° angle, a third part which is secured to the body portion along a first attachment line and which is secured to the second part along a second attachment line which is at an angle 90° to the first attachment line.
  • the invention is related to a method of forming a surgical drape according to claim 4.
  • the body portion of the drape is a generally rectangular sheet of material having a top edge, a bottom edge and two opposing side edges, and is formed by cutting the sheet of material from the bottom edge of the drape along two lines parallel to the side edges to a distance of from 1/3 to 3/4 of the dimension along the side edges folding each of the segments formed by the cut along the line which is parallel to the top edge of the drape, folding each segment thus formed a 45° angle extending from the end of the cut line, securing a generally rectangular piece of drape material to the body portion of the drape along the cut line extending from the bottom edge of the drape and along the lower edge of the portion folded at a 45° angle.
  • Fig. 1 shows the drape of the present invention covering a patient in a laparotomy position on an operating room table.
  • Fig. 2 shows a top plan view of the completed surgical drape of the present invention.
  • the drap is constructed of a nonwoven fabric or other material which has the desired properties for a surgical drape. These properties are repellency to water and other liquids commonly found in the operating room, such as alcohol and antiseptic solutions, and a relatively low cost for the fabric material, since the majority of surgical drapes in use today are single use drapes, which are disposed of after a single use.
  • the drape shown in Fig. 2 has a body portion 10 which is used to cover the torso and legs of the patient when the drape is in use with a patient in a laparotomy position. In the laparotomy position, the patient's feet are resting on the operating table at the same level as the torso.
  • the body portion has a top edge 11, a bottom edge 12 and two opposing side edges 13 and 14.
  • the wing portion also has a top edge 16, a bottom edge 22 and two opposing side edges 18 and 19.
  • the upper surface of the drape 20 is that surface which is facing the surgical team when the drape is in use.
  • the lower surface 21 is the surface which is in direct contact with the patient.
  • the sequence of forming the wing shaped portion 15 of the present surgical drape can be seen from Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the drawings.
  • a generally rectangular sheet is cut from the bottom edge 22 to and along a transversely-extending line in the mid-portion of the drape which extends for about 1/3 of the width of the drape.
  • the drape is then folded at a 45° angle on lines 4 from the end of the transversely-extending cut 17 to form the configuration shown in Figs. 4 and 5.
  • the drape is then folded again on 45° lines 6 extending from the ends of the transversely-extending cut 17 at a 45° angle, which is 90° from the 45° angle of the first fold.
  • the second fold lines 6 are shown in Fig. 5.
  • the result of this folding sequence is shown in Fig. 6.
  • This folding sequence provides a single-edge which may be attached to the top edge of the main body portion of the drape by adhesive.
  • the single adhesive line enables the drape of the present invention to be assembled with a minimum of manipulative steps, as there is only a single line joining the body portion to the wing portion of the drape.
  • the wing portion may be attached on either the upper or the lower surface of the body portion 10 of the drape.
  • Figs. 1 and 2 various optional construction features of a drape of this type. These features include a fenestration 40 through the body of the drape.
  • the fenestration shown in Fig. 2 is for a surgical procedure in the abdominal area of the patient.
  • the drape of the present invention may have fenestrations in other locations of the drape for other surgical procedures. For example, there may be a slit in the drape from one or both side edges of the drape when the drape is to be used for cardiovascular procedures.
  • the particular placement of the fenestration is determined by the surgical procedure for which the drape will be employed. The surgical procedures are usually performed through the preformed fenestration of the surgical drape.
  • the fenestration is usually through a reinforcing element 43 which is secured to the upper surface of the drape.
  • the reinforcing element can be constructed of an absorbent fabric material which is backed with an impervious plastic film.
  • the use of the absorbent upper surface provides capacity for liquid to be absorbed during the surgical procedure, and the use of the impervious plastic film on the underside of the reinforcement prevents that liquid from penetrating through the surgical drape and possibly contaminating the patient at the surgical wound site.
  • the reinforcement area 43 may have tubing tabs attached to it at various locations around the periphery of the reinforcement area. In addition, there may be clamping tabs also secured around the priphery of the reinforcement area.
  • clamping tabs are free to move up and down and provide a site on which various materials can be clamped to the drape without the fear of penetrating the drape with a clamp.
  • instrument pad 44 may also be provided to provide a non-slip surface to deposit instruments during the surgical procedure.
  • Fig. 8 shows the drape of the present invention modified to include integral leg coverings.
  • the integral leg coverings are desirable in surgical drapes used in gynecology and lithotomy procedures when the patient's legs are held in an elevated position above the level of the operating table.
  • the patient's legs are set in stirrups in such procedures.
  • the legs and the supporting structure for the stirrups must be entirely covered by the drape.
  • the drape shown in Fig. 8 is for a laparoscopy procedure.
  • the upper portion or arm board portion of the drape is identical to that previously described.
  • the body portion 10 of the drape of Fig. 8 includes the integral leg coverings 50 and 51.
  • the body portion 10 includes a reinforcing area 43. There are two fenestrations 52 and 53 through the reinforcing area.
  • FIG. 9-12 The sequence of forming the integral leg coverings is shown in Figs. 9-12.
  • a rectangular sheet which will form the body portion of the drape has a top edge 11, a bottom edge 12 and opposed side edges 13 and 14.
  • the sheet is cut from the bottom edge 12 along two lines 54 and 55, which are parallel to the side edges, to a line 56 to form two side segments 57 and 58 and a central segment 59.
  • the side segments are then folded around the fold line 56 to form the configuration shown in Fig. 10.
  • Side segments 57 and 58 are each folded along a line extending at an angle of 45° from the intersection of the side edges 60 and 61 of the central segment 59 and the fold line 56.
  • the partially formed drape is shown in Fig. 11.
  • the side edges 60 and 61 of the central segment and the lower edges 62 and 63 of the original side segments now are generally perpendicular to each other.
  • Two rectangular pieces 64 and 65 of drape fabric are then secured to the drape overlapping the side edges 61 an 60 of the central segment and the lower edges 62 and 63 of the side segments.
  • the resulting drape is shown in Fig. 12.
  • the leg coverings thus formed provide adequate coverage of a patient's legs.

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